


manpath(1)               USER COMMANDS                 manpath(1)



NAME
     manpath - determine user's search path for man pages

SYNOPSIS
     manpath [-q]

DESCRIPTION
     manpath tries to determine the user's manpath from a set  of
     system  defaults and the user's PATH , echoing the result to
     the standard output.  Warnings and errors are written to the
     standard  error.   If  a directory in the user's path is not
     listed in the manpath.config file,  manpath  looks  for  the
     subdirectories man or MAN.  If they exist, they are added to
     the search path.

     manpath is used by man to  determine  the  search  path,  so
     user's  normally  don't  need to set the MANPATH environment
     variable directly.

OPTIONS
     -q   Operate quietly.  Only echo the final manpath.

ENVIRONMENT
     MANPATH  If MANPATH is set, manpath echoes its value on  the
              standard  output  and issues a warning on the stan-
              dard error.

FILES
     MANPATH_CONFIG_FILE  System configuration file.

SEE ALSO
     apropos(1), whatis(1), man(1).

BUGS
     None known.




















Sun Release 4.1     Last change: Jan 5, 1991                    1



